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The late Phil Guy shines again on My Blues, Baby concert DVD
There are plenty of blues men and women who never received the respect or attention they deserved, and perhaps no one was more criminally underrated than late blues guitarist and singer Phil Guy, a genuine blues brother to the legendary … Continue reading
Now on CD: Muddy Waters and the Rolling Stones Live at Checkerboard Lounge
A few years back, we told you about the Live at the Checkerboard Lounge Chicago DVD that captured a historic 1981 performance from blues great Muddy Waters at Buddy Guy‘s Chicago club, during which Waters was joined onstage by the … Continue reading
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Tagged Buddy Guy, George Mojo Buford, John Primer, Junior Wells, Lefty Dizz, Lovie Lee, Muddy Waters, Rolling Stones
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Guest post: Buddy Guy – A Blues Experience Like No Other
UK writer/blogger Breton Towler offers these thoughts on a recent performance from one of blues’ greatest at the Birmingham Symphony Hall. Seven times a Grammy award winner and an inductee of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Yet he … Continue reading
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Tagged Buddy Guy, Quinn Sullivan
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Play like Buddy Guy
For all of us aspiring guitarists who have long dreamt of playing with – or even like – Grammy and Blues Music Award-winning guitarist and the reigning king of the blues Buddy Guy, a new book of tabs from Hal … Continue reading
Buddy Guy, Walter Trout, Otis Clay among big winners at last night’s Blues Music Awards
The winners of the 37th Blues Music Awards were announced last night in Memphis, with Buddy Guy, Walter Trout, Otis Clay, Cedric Burnside, and Victor Wainwright each taking home a pair of awards in a five-way tie for the event’s big … Continue reading
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Tagged Allen Toussaint, Billy Price, Blues Music Awards, Buddy Guy, Cedric Burnside, Doug MacLeod, Joe Louis Walker, John Primer, Kim Wilson, Otis Clay, Ruthie Foster, Shemekia Copeland, Sonny Landreth, Victor Wainwright, Walter Trout
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Buddy Guy, Mavis Staples, Jon Cleary snag blues, roots Grammys; Gary Clark Jr., Bonnie Raitt help pay tribute to B.B. King
It was a good night for the blues at Monday’s Grammy Awards, with Buddy Guy, Mavis Staples, and Jon Cleary taking home awards for best blues album (Born to Play Guitar), best American roots performance (“See That My Grave is … Continue reading
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Tagged B.B. King, Bonnie Raitt, Buddy Guy, Gary Clark Jr., Jon Cleary, Mavis Staples
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Blues Won’t Let Me Take My Rest
What could be better than another edition of our BluesPowR Radio Hour to help keep your holiday season grooving? How about another edition that’s actually two more shows jammed into one?! Here for your listening pleasure is another two hours … Continue reading
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Tagged Arlen Roth, Bob Corritore, Buddy Guy, Colin John, David Gogo, Deb Callahan, Debbie Davies, Gaye Adegbalola, Guy Davis, Henry Gray, James Cotton, Jimmy Burns, John Earl Walker, John Primer, Johnny Winter, Kim Simmonds and Savoy Brown, King King, Long Tall Deb, Lucky Peterson, Mitch Woods, Monkeyjunk, Murali Coryell, Omar Coleman, Rick Vito, Robert Cray, Robin McKelle, Royal Southern Brotherhood, Sam Butler, Sugar Brown, Tad Robinson, The Hurt Project, Zakiya Hooker
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James Harman, Anthony Geraci, and Sugaray Rayford top nominees for 37th annual Blues Music Awards
The Blues Foundation has announced the nominations for the next edition of its Blues Music Awards, set to again take place in Memphis in early May. Harmonica player and singer James Harman leads this year’s nominations with five, for instrumentalist-harmonica, … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy T - Nick Nixon Band, Anthony Geraci, Billy Price, Blues Foundation, Blues Music Awards, Brandon Santini, Buddy Guy, Cash Box Kings, Cedric Burnside, Charlie Wooton, Doug MacLeod, Eric Bibb, Eugene Hideaway Bridges, Frank Bey, Guy Davis, Jackie Payne, James Harman, Joe Louis Walker, Michael Mudcat Ward, Monster Mike Welch, Otis Clay, Rick Estrin, Royal Southern Brotherhood, Shemekia Copeland, Sonny Landreth, Sugaray Rayford, Victor Wainwright, Walter Trout, Wee Willie Walker
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Buddy Guy, Shemekia Copeland, John Primer among blues nominees for 58th Annual Grammy Awards
As usual, there weren’t nearly as many blues names as we would have liked when the nominations for the 58th annual GRAMMY Awards were announced yesterday, but here’s a look at the few lucky blues men, women, and projects that … Continue reading
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Tagged Bettye LaVette, Buddy Guy, Cedric Burnside, John Primer, Jon Cleary, Mavis Staples, Shemekia Copeland
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You’ll swear Buddy Guy has blues running through his veins on Born to Play Guitar
We didn’t get the chance to see Buddy Guy when he was in town recently for the latest offering of the Pittsburgh Blues Festival, but we did read about the controversy that ensued, with the festival organizer ending up offering … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Cox, Billy Gibbons, Buddy Guy, Doyle Bramhall II, Joss Stone, Kim Wilson, Muscle Shoals Horns, Reese Wynans, the McCrary Sisters, Tom Hambridge, Van Morrison
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